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(88) Date of publication A3: 17.11.2011 (43) Date of publication: 26.12.2012 Bulletin 2012/52 (21) Application number: 11743381.3 (22) Date of filing: 22.02.2011

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  D03D 11/00(2006.01) D03D 15/00(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2011/025669 (87) International publication number: WO 2011/103548 (25.08.2011 Gazette 2011/34)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR (30) Priority: 19.02.2010 US 306215 P (71) Applicant: Nicolon Corporation doing business as Tencate Geosynthetics North America Pendergrass, GA 30567 (US)	(72) Inventors: JONES, David Michael Dacula Georgia 30019 (US) SPIKES, Tommy Commerce Georgia 30529 (US) TIMPSON, Chris Pendergrass 30567 (US) (74) Representative: Tischner, Oliver et al Lavoix Munich Bayerstrasse 85a 80335 Munich 80335 Munich (DE)